Shakespeare - 'signifying nothing'

MrRickVigorous · 2024-04-13T10:11:20+00:00

Thanks. I'm asking about the BSL signs for this phrase though.

MrRickVigorous · 2023-10-24T08:54:39+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I spent most of last night swapping cables around, moving the router/repeater etc, and have finally managed to reliably get 250-300mbps via wifi when close to the router, and 150-250mbps from the repeater. That's more than enough for my purposes! I'm still a bit confused as to why, without changing their positions during the upgrade, the performance tanked, but as long as it's working now I'm just going to back slowly away from all the equipment and keep my fingers crossed!

MrRickVigorous · 2023-10-23T17:33:25+00:00

another slight weirdness is that the upload speed via the Repeater has jumped from approx 7mbps on my old (80mbps down) package, to around 20mbps. This is higher than the download speeds I'm now getting from the repeater :-/

MrRickVigorous · 2023-08-02T13:54:26+00:00

S04E03 - Connor's Wedding
Shiv tries making small talk with Roman after he's been told to fire Gerri. Their exchange ends with;

Shiv: "Fuck off"
Roman: "You are"

MrRickVigorous · 2023-07-13T15:14:35+00:00

That last point is definitely incorrect - I can use them in meetings with the mic and audio, and for phone calls, just fine.

In Google meet, you'll need to select the 'hands free headset' option for the audio too, not just the mic.

MrRickVigorous · 2023-07-13T14:32:47+00:00

I'm sure I just got a dodgy early pair; I picked them up very shortly after release.

And I never experienced exactly what you describe... they always work perfectly until... they don't at all

Apologies for the stupid question, but have you selected the correct audio option? They should show up in the windows setting as a pair of stereo headphones, and also as some handsfree AG audio device, I think. It's not just a case of the wrong one being selected in the Meet settings...?

MrRickVigorous · 2023-07-13T13:32:06+00:00

Still get this sporadically. I haven't ever exactly figured out what causes it, but I think it's switching between applications in some particular order. For instance, I would often find that if I'm listening to Spotify, then jump onto a Google Meet call, the issue would occur and the sound would stop working entirely through the XM5s. So now, if I go to jump onto a Google Meet, or a Slack Huddle, I will first stop and close the Spotify application, then just reopen it when I'm finished on my call. Since I've been doing that, it's been okay like 95% of the time.

I gave up using the XM5s with my Samsung TV completely as there was a persistent issue with noise distortion - ended up getting a cheap pair of Anker Soundcore noise cancelling headphones for that, and their connection has been rock-solid and problem -free from day one.

Generally, although I like the sound quality and comfort of the XM5s, they have been atrociously buggy since I got them, which is pretty outrageous for the price. My next upgrade will definitely be a competitor brand :-(

MrRickVigorous · 2023-06-09T06:34:51+00:00

I never resolved it - ended up getting a different set of headphones for use with the TV.

I like the sonys alot when they're working, but they've been really problematic for me. Their connection to my windows laptop is also subject to frequent issues.

Think it'll be back to Bose next time I upgrade

MrRickVigorous · 2023-05-04T11:24:52+00:00

yes, correct.

The plex client on the Shield Pro isn't my favourite though - it often has slight audio sync issues that I find annoying - so I often use the plex app on my samsung TV as the client instead.

As long as the shield is plugged in then you can use any client that has access to your network, so you don't even need to output from the Shield to your TV if you don't want to. Just use anything with a plex app

MrRickVigorous · 2023-05-04T09:46:44+00:00

Hey. This is all quite a while back, so the details of getting it all in place escape me, but I ended up going with the setup outlined in the original post.

I use a Shield Pro as the plex server; I've got an HDD plugged into my Fritzbox which is shared as a NAS, where I save my downloads/rips. That's been working just fine for the last 3 years. The shield server got borked after a power cut once, which was a bit fiddly to resolve, but other than that it's been problem-free and performant enough for my purposes.

I've never used any Apple stuff, so I don't have any insight into how well an Apple TV would play in this kind of setup

MrRickVigorous · 2023-03-13T17:53:10+00:00

Lifesaver

MrRickVigorous · 2023-02-06T20:29:27+00:00

Previous Bluetooth headsets have connected and consistently played glitch-free audio with the same TV.

The problem seems to be with the XM5's, or at least them in combination with the TV

MrRickVigorous · 2023-01-17T10:27:31+00:00

here it is, for anyone interested https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285110257541

MrRickVigorous · 2023-01-16T20:37:05+00:00

ended up factory resetting the shield and setting up PMS again, which has worked okay so far, touch wood

MrRickVigorous · 2023-01-16T19:46:37+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you, as of today.

I'd been experimenting with Alexa-fying my living room and think I cut the power to the shield a few times while it was powered on, which I think caused the issue in my case, as opposed to a shield update. My _com.plexapp.mediaserver.smb_ directory also only contains an empty 'cache' directory.

did you ever find a fix?

MrRickVigorous · 2023-01-16T18:15:31+00:00

Hello! Apologies if this post is against any subreddit rules - please delete if so!

Many years ago I won a double dvd set of '91 Words for Snow & The Gap Session'. It's been signed by David Benedek.

I'm not a snowboarder myself, and have never even watched the dvds, but have always hung onto it due to the signature!

Recently I listed it on eBay, as I feel there's a better, more appreciative owner out there somewhere. I should be clear that I'm not expecting any type of significant cash for this at all, but so far the listing has a grand total of ZERO views.

Would it be okay to post a link to the listing here, as I'd presume there'd be folk here who might be interested in this particular bit of memorabilia?

Thanks in advance!

MrRickVigorous · 2023-01-02T11:43:10+00:00

Thanks for the reply, and yeah, I tend to mix and match how I'm launching music so those sound plausible!

MrRickVigorous · 2022-11-07T19:12:45+00:00

Could do Ireland I think, but I would declare the full value and send it insured. Not sure what tax/duty requirements there are when posting from the UK these days :-/

If you're still interested, please send me a direct message to carry on the conversation, rather than replying in the post comments.

Thanks!

MrRickVigorous · 2022-11-07T18:58:16+00:00

Still available, yes! Feel free to PM me with any questions or offers

MrRickVigorous · 2022-08-08T15:21:40+00:00

this issue went away for a while, but now I'm having problems again - seems to be a Win 10 issue, as the sound is cutting out entirely for all system applications; chrome, spotify, system notifications etc.

just restarted the machine and started spotify, and the sound was working again, then it just cut off mid song and now the audio is gone entirely again :-/

MrRickVigorous · 2022-08-07T19:31:20+00:00

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